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The Rev John Eldrid obituaryhttp://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2011/dec/11/the-rev-john-eldrid-obituary
<p>My father, John Eldrid, who has died aged 86, was a radical worker-priest who did much to develop the Samaritan movement founded by the Rev <a href="http://www.samaritans.org/about_samaritans/governance_and_history/why_samaritans_started.aspx" title="">Chad Varah</a> in 1953. John was Chad's first deputy. He worked at Central London Samaritans from 1958 to 1964, and returned in 1972 as director. He trained new volunteers, but was always at his happiest working with people in crisis. He was the chairman of Samaritans from 1968 to 1972, and was on the national executive committee for more than 30 years.</p><p>He worked in some of the poorest wards in Britain, including Stepney and Clapham in London. In Clapham, he and his wife, Rosalie, whom he married in 1954, ran a hostel for unmarried mothers-to-be and people who had suffered serious emotional breakdowns.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2011/dec/11/the-rev-john-eldrid-obituary">Continue reading...</a>AnglicanismReligionChristianitySocietySun, 11 Dec 2011 18:20:09 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2011/dec/11/the-rev-john-eldrid-obituaryacsrpje/.The Rev John Eldrid Photograph: acsrpje/.acsrpje/.The Rev John Eldrid Photograph: acsrpje/.Peter Eldrid2011-12-11T18:20:09Z